Generative AI music startup Suno raised $125M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Matrix, Founder Collective, and others
With ChatGPT-Style Prompts FinSMEs : Suno Raises $125M in Funding Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : Generative AI music maker startup Suno raises $125M in funding Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : Music Generator Suno Raises Capital at $500 Million Valuation; Altman Went Behind ‘Her’ Back X: Ed Newton-Rex / @ednewtonrex : What may be most depressing about this huge fundraise from Suno is the example it sets to other AI music startups. The message it sends them is clear. If your output resembles copyrighted music; if you won't reveal your training data or engage publicly on this in any way; if one Kenneth Auchenberg / @auchenberg : $220M seed rounds, several $150M+ series As, and $1B funding rounds all in AI... Michael Mignano / @mignano : The @suno_ai_ team has built an AI music model and creation product unlike anything the world has seen before, with the potential to change how we all experience music. We at @lightspeedvp have been so impressed by not only their execution, but also their thoughtfulness: Suno [video] Suno / @suno_ai_ : We're excited to announce that Suno has raised $125 million to build a future where anyone can make music, and where technology amplifies our most precious resource: human creativity. We will use this funding to accelerate product development and grow our world-class team of Cherie Hu / @cheriehu42 : fact-checking myself — Suno's $125M round is: - the 11th biggest music-tech funding round of all time - the biggest music-tech round since March 2021 - the biggest round so far in music/audio AI (runner-up is ElevenLabs at $80M), and the only AI company in the top 15 [image] Nat Friedman / @natfriedman : Have really enjoyed using Suno the last few months and I'm excited to be an investor. They are hiring! See also Mediagazer